Nazis May Cause Serious Unrest in U.s., Dies Committee Warns House

Nazi activities in the United States, based on racial and religious hatred, are linked to Government-controlled agencies in Germany, Chairman and religious hatred, are linked to Government-controlled agencies in Germany, Chairman Martin Dies of the House Special Committee on Un-American Activities declared today in a report to the House summarizing the committee’s four-month investigation. It is definitely shown that Nazi activities in the United States have their counterpart in everything that has been done and is being done by similar movements of Nazi minorities in Mexico, South America and Europe, the report said.

“Nazi activities in the United States are traceable to and linked with Government-controlled agencies in Nazi Germany,” the committee warned the House, “and it is not unreasonable to suppose that unless checked immediately, an American Nazi force may cause great unrest and serious repercussions in the United States.”

Most of the 177-page report and the three-page “findings” were devoted to Communism. Only the last paragraph of the findings mentioned Nazism and Fascism, saying: “We have also probed into the activities of Nazi-Fascist groups which are operating in this country under instructions from Germany and Italy, have their own special techniques and aim ultimately at the destruction of our free institutions.”

The report recommended that the House continue the investigation for two years with an appropriation of at least $150,000. The investigation should not be continued, it said, unless it has adequate funds. The committee, which expires today, had $25,000 originally. The committee did not make specific legislative proposals to curb un-American activities, but indirectly referred to the necessity for registration of alien groups, organizations and movements.